Girls outshone boys yet again in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s Secondary School Examination (Class X). The results that were declared on Tuesday evening revealed that 99.06 per cent girls qualified the exam while only 98.74 per cent boys managed to do so. However, when it came to the number of 10 pointers throughout the country, boys outnumbered the girls. According to result statistics released by the board, out of the total 76,900 students who managed to achieve a 10 cumulative grade point average (CGPA), 40,546 were boys while only 36,354 were girls.
Delhi students did fairly well in the examinations as 7,994 students managed a 10 CGPA and 22,614 students managed a CGPA between 9 and 9.8. The Manav Sthali School in Rajendra Nagar had a 100 per cent pass percentage.
According to the school, 27 students secured A1grade in all five subjects, thus getting a 10 CGPA, while nine students got A1 grade in four subjects with a 9.8 CGPA. At the Amity Public Schools in the Delhi NCR, out of 1,199 students who appeared in the examination 517 got a 10 CGPA and 146 got between 9.5 and 9.9 CGPA. The Bal Bharati Public School also had a total of 28 students who achieved a 10 CGPA.
In the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) Scheme, four students from Delhi out of 39 students in India got a 10 CGPA. The students are Oliver Naman Kumar from St Columba’s School, Ashok Place, Surbhi Gupta from Himalaya Public Senior Secondary School, Rohini, Devanshi Khetawat from Modern School, Vasant Vihar and Gaurav Raj Gupta from Saraswati Public Secondary School, Budh Vihar, Mandoli.
Overall, the all India pass percentage of the board this year was 98.87 per cent which was a 0.11 per cent increase from the previous year. However, Government-aided and Government schools had the worst performance compared to independent institutions and Kendriya Vidyalayas. Only 870 students from Government-aided and Government schools got a 10 CGPA as compared to 73,970 from independent institutions and Kendriya Vidyalayas.